Residents oppose Wade Road traffic center plan
A Wade Road letter protests a Goose Creek school district transportation center. The writer cites added traffic and pollution near a county barn, railroad horns, I 10 noise, elderly residents, and fast cement and dump trucks. They suggest vacant land north of I 10 and west of John Martin Road as alternatives and reference a nearby Buc ee’s.
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John Martin Road
New Bucee’s
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Take Back Day collects 780 pounds of meds in Baytown
Southeast Harris County Community Coalition and Baytown Police hosted a Prescription Drug Take Back Day with three sites Pasadena Deer Park and Baytown. Across all sites 780 pounds of medications were collected for safe disposal and the effort has run biannually since 2012 with community support from San Jacinto Mall San Jacinto College North and Baytown Police personnel.
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Harris County
Community Coalition
Baytown
Virgin ears and a sinner's retention on language
A Baytown reader discusses how forbidden words linger after a single exposure and argues for mindful speech. He recalls learning dirty jingles as a child, notes adults who curse despite awareness, and praises careful word choice and a vocabulary of precise terms.
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Virgil
This Day in History for June 14 2015
On this date in history many events occurred including the 1860 ratification exchange between the United States and Japan, the 1913 founding of the American Cancer Society in New York, the Truman Doctrine aid to Greece and Turkey in 1947, the 1968 sinking of USS Scorpion, the Apollo 10 rehearsal in 1969, Nixon's 1972 visit to the Soviet Union, Ceylon becoming Sri Lanka, Johnny Carson's NBC Tonight Show finale in 1992, and NSA bulk collection debate precursors. Laurence Olivier was born on this day in 1907.
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Atlantic Ocean
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene Cernan
Richard Nixon
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Ceylon
Republic of
Sri Lanka
State View mocks Texas symbols and pushes for Gulf shrimp as crustacean
Galveston County Daily News lampoons the push for official state symbols as lawmakers rush through a final two week session. The piece highlights Wayne Faircloth proposing Gulf shrimp as the official crustacean while joking about other missing or odd symbols. It notes calls for an official hat dog and even an official book and dance. The editorial uses humor to reflect on symbolism and legislative priorities.
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Chambers Coun
Texas State Railroad
Faircloth
Lone Star
Texas
Gulf Coast
Howdy
Chuck Norris
Oklahoma
Galveston County Daily News
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